This is really cool! Thanks for sharing.
I don't know what it is but the early 60s LMCs always seem to stay shinny, if the've not been circulated much. I have a ton of them, can't seem to...
I have used verdicare and *never* been dissapointed. However, and I know verdigris is not usually a "good" thing, but I love the look of that coin...
Heh....look what I got back in change
Ditto...I started to get serious about collecting in 2010...I've not been able to put it down since then...and I've tried LOL.
My mother's dad collected coins. He died before I turned 6 yrs old. His son plundered the collection loooooong before I ever had the notion to...
I say AU 55, not sure on the surfaces, they seem pretty original. Great year by the way, makes me think of the war of 1812 and Andrew Jackson....
I believe on a missing clad layer error, if that is all it was, then the coin would have a copper color to the side missing the layer. Also I...
I'm 100% that the dimes and quarters that come out of my washing machine look exactly like that. I can't say for 100% certainty that this quarter...
I can't get past this little bit of evidence. Knowing more how these errors come to be, the edges of the "clip" should be squared off, not slanted...
When I clean out the lint screen in my *wahing machine*, the device that all the water is pumped through during the drain cycles, I always find a...
Pics are too dark...haRd to see the luser and the surface beneath the toning
So as usual, learned a lot more tonight...about incomplete\clipped plnchets. I'm still on the fence for the OP's coin, but now leaning more to it...
I think it's a clip. In both of the edge profile pics you can see the metal smear. from what I've learned, on a clipped clad coin, the clpiped...
Man! Nice find! You have to let us know how it ends up.
Just my two cents, not trying to be a humbug; Is this really going to stop folks from attempting to pass off and sell fakes, fogeries, and copies...
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Samsung is on top of the market right now. They are the best phones and tablets money can buy right now, in my opinion. I'm using my Galaxy tab 4...
I'm in the 63 camp, Nice coin!
Well I'm no authority on what to look for, variety wise with half dollar roll hunting, but I'd say 99% of what you will find in rolled halves will...
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